package scope access in Java and Android

Question

I've noticed the strange behavior with package scope in Java and Android.

1. I've created the package "java.util.concurrent" in my project

2. Next I added class TestClass in just created package

   package java.util.concurrent;
   
   public class TestClass {
   
      public void testMethod() {
   
          ArrayBlockingQueue s = new ArrayBlockingQueue(1);
          // I can use items field.
          Object[] items = s.items;
   
      }
   
   }
   

3. The field items of ArrayBlockingQueue class has final package scope

   public class ArrayBlockingQueue<E> extends AbstractQueue<E>
           implements BlockingQueue<E>, java.io.Serializable {
   
   
       ....                
   
       /** The queued items */
       final Object[] items;
   
       ....
   
   }
   

Next, when I'm trying to compile the TestClass with usual Java Project (java 1.8.6x). I get success and it's logical.

But same class in Android project returns compile time error. The reason is 'my class hasn't access to this field'.

Have you any ideas?

UPDATE

The screen bellow displays the version of Android and code of Queue class

Answer 1

It would seem that the Android version of ArrayBlockingQueue is not the same as the Java version. In Android, the items are actually private. That would make sense as to why it is out of scope. You can work around this, with reflection you can gain access to private variables (not sure about final private)